[cheers and applause] please welcome our friend, ohio 's own speaker of the house, john boehner. [cheers and applause] >> welcome. let me just say it ohio has a great united states senator in rob portman. you know, he has been my friend for about 25 years and i remember 22 years ago telling him he ought to leave the house and go home and get ready to run for congress. he has done a great job on behalf of cincinnati and a great job on behalf ohio and this -- behalf of ohio and this country. rob, keep up the great job. you know, republicans, we are lucky enough to have taken the majority 18 months ago. we promised the american people it would not be about us. that it would be about the american people. we promised the american people we would follow their will. that is why for 18 straight months we have focused on the economy and jobs every single day. and you know, while we have done all this good work in the house and done with the people asked us to do, harry reid has blocked everything we send it to them. this is why it is really important that we elect jon mandel and run harry